LEISURE AS A MECHANISM FOR RESISTANCE

fAN presents: LEISURE AS A MECHANISM FOR RESISTANCE at PARALLEL VIENNA 2016
with:Antoine Donzeaud, Johanna Guggenberger, Stelios Karamanolis, Melanie McLain, Irini Miga, Pascual Sisto, Yorgos Stamkopoulos, Maja Vukoje 
curated by: Daily Lazy



 Johanna Guggenberger 
gebettete liegewaise / bedded recumbently wise fabric, felt pen, metal, styrofoam pellets, thread 2016

Johanna Guggenberger
 wo das haupt liegt der rest / where the head lies the rest, aquarel, concrete, fabric, marker, metal, thread 2016



 Irini Miga
 Fall, glazed ceramic, 231.5 cm​, 2016


 Tula Plumi
 Not yet titled, 2016, phtograph, 30x40cm

 Pascual Sisto
 Daisy​, ​video: 7min looped, ​2016







 Yorgos Stamkopoulos
 Untitled 2016, Acrylic and Spray on Canvas, 40x50cm

 Stelios Karamanolis
 Untitled 2016, acrylic and pencils on canvas, 40x42cm

 Antoine Donzeaud
Upside Down Peter, 2016, oil on polypropylene bag, Variable dimensions, (flat 96 x 56 cm) / Smoker, 2016, oil and spray on polypropylene bag



 Melanie McLain
 Prepersonal, ​Wood, silicone, latex paint, iPad, and headphones, Video: 6min looped with binaural audio,2016




Maja Vukoje
 (Polster_GVSW) 2015, acrylic on burlap, 70x70cm,Courtesy Galerie Martin Janda, Photo Roland Krauss


 Irini Miga 
 Für Elise - played by memory​, ink fingerprints on wall from the Beethoven piece
Für Elise (piano version) played by memory by a pianist​, ​2016


 Irini Miga 

 Irini Miga
 Resting Points, ​hand-sculpted and glazed ceramic, wire, brass​,dimensions variable, 2016





It is 2:56 am, and he still has trouble sleeping. He turns the light on and picks up the book that lies by his nightstand. He opens it to page 56.
He always believed that accidents are somehow destiny in disguise.
The question of the previous day still twirls in his head.
He stands up and walks towards the fridge. He realizes that the distance from his bed to the fridge is 28 steps - that equals 56 steps from his bed to the fridge and back.
Coincidence?
He always worked too much. Too much that he never had time to think of himself as a distinct entity.
Yesterday, the girl at the gas station asked him if he is free on Friday.
Free on Friday?
Today is Wednesday, which is two days away from Friday.
If he could be with the girl in bed that would make it one + one = two.
He looks again at the clock that sits on top of his nightstand.
The time is 2:56 am.
Still.
That is what he does when he has time.

- Irini Miga